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Spoiler-free premise
A pianist pretending to be blind witnesses what may be a murder and must protect his deception from the suspected killer.
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Pianist Akash pretends to be blind while seeking artistic focus and attracting restaurant work. Invited to perform privately for former film star Pramod Sinha, he arrives at an apartment where the behavior of Pramod's wife Simi suggests a crime has occurred.
Why it belongs
Sriram Raghavan makes perception a comic weapon, building reversals around what Akash sees, what others believe, and what viewers can trust.
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Piano performances, eyelines, offscreen action, black comedy, and rapidly shifting alliances let the thriller repeatedly reframe the same evidence; Ayushmann Khurrana and Tabu maintain a dangerous contest between performed innocence and alert improvisation.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.4
Engagement9.6
Ease9.4
Hindi · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Twisty & Darkly Funny
